Sarah, thanks for the response -- but I find this puzzling. I don't want to get into too many details here, as I think the comment thread on the Signpost op-ed, or the poll on the letter's talk page, are more appropriate venues for that; but briefly:
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 12:30 PM, SarahSV <sarahsv.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pete, it does seem that since Lila arrived a lot of the tension between > the Foundation and community has gone. I've several times heard her talk of > the need to respect the community because Wikipedia is nothing without it. > I am more interested in discussing actions than words. > You wrote above: "As I understand it, we are still very much in the > 'Superprotect disaster' era -- one which began under the same Executive > Director we have today." > > Superprotect was implemented just after Lila arrived, but it was a decision > of Erik's. I'd say "citation needed," but in this case I am highly confident that no citation exists. We have had no formal statement whatsoever on which to base speculation. Beyond that, Lila was Erik's boss; and people closer to the situation than myself have actually (privately) asserted just the opposite, that Lila was the driving force. The tensions behind it were very much a product of the pre-Lila > era, and had been growing for years. I very much agree with this, yes. > It appeared that Lila quickly understood that it needed to go. > I do not agree with this. She did acknowledge that the software feature had been a problem, when she announced its removal. (Keep in mind, its implementation happened on a Sunday afternoon, and its removal took a year and a half -- so I'm not sure about "quickly.") But more importantly, neither she nor the board have acknowledged, much less moved to address, non-technical aspects of the letter. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
